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Subject: Re: [patch] sys_sync livelock fix
To: riel@conectiva.com.br (Rik van Riel)
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 00:25:54 +0000 (GMT)
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> > Its seems preferably to suprise data loss
> 
> The data isn't lost, it'll simply get written out to
> disk later.

Allow me to introduce you to the off button, and the scripts at shutdown
which use sync
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